Messier Objects
I highly recommend a book on Charles Messier and the creation of this catalogue - Atlas of Messier Objects, 2008 by Ronald Stoyan.
Note: This gallery should be automatically sorted by Messier #.
Messier 41 - NGC2287 - Open Cluster in Canis Major - 22/12/2021 (Processed cropped stack)
FocusCube2 first light testing with Astroberry/Kstars/Ekos autofocusing.
DeepSkyStacker 4.2.6 Stacked (17) of 17 Images Gain 100 @ 30 Sec, 35 DARK Gain 100 @ 60 Sec, 35 BIAS Gain 100 @ 1/1000 Sec, 19 FLATS GAIN 100 @ 1/1429 Sec, Post-processed with Adobe Photoshop CC 2022
Telescope - PowerNewt 200mm f/4 with Baader MPCC Coma Corrector (at 55mm backfocus) for F=800mm f/4.0, IDAS LPS-P2 filter, QHY 268C CMOS camera field 68' x 101' , Ambient ~25C, Camera 0C.
Astroberry on RP-4B with Kstars/Ekos for EQMOD mount control, auto-focusing, plate solving and image acquisition. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Starlight Xpress SuperStar (Mono) CCD Auto Guider and Ekos auto guiding software.
CollinderCR118 M41 Open Cluster in Canis MajorMessierM41 Open Cluster in Canis MajorNGCNGC2287 M41 Open Cluster in Canis MajorOpen Cluster
